China accuses Australia of ‘deliberately hyping’ live-fire drills that led to planes changing course mid-flight - China says Australia made ‘unreasonable accusations’ and deliberately hyped the situat

China defence ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said on Sunday that Australian complaints over recent Chinese live-fire naval drills in international waters between Australia and New Zealand were "hyped up" and "inconsistent with the facts".

Beijing on Sunday said Canberra had “deliberately hyped” recent Chinese naval exercises near the Australian coast and confirmed its forces had used live fire in an incident th